Peer-Review of Journal
Peer-Review of Journal Paper (30% of total marks) · The objective is to produce a peer-review of a paper that has already appeared in the literature.
It will develop critical reading and thinking. ·
This coursework is worth 30% of the overall module assessment.
The report must not exceed 2 sides of A4.
Suggested peer-review structure ·
There is no formal structure for peer reviews, however a suggested format is:
o Title of the form “Review of Smith et al….”
o Short summary of what is done in the paper and what it concludes
o A list of major comments/issues/improvements
o A list of minor comments/issues/improvements
o A summary for the Journal Editor to guide their decision
Written Coursework Marking Structure
Since as a marker you cannot be expected to be knowledgeable about all the topics chosen by students submitting paper/literature reviews, you are not expected to assess the review from the standpoint of an expert in those topics; rather it will be assessed against general criteria, as follows:
Written Coursework #2: Peer-Review of Journal Paper 1. Has a suitably terse summary of the paper been produced? [20 marks]
2. Are major issues/improvements identified? [25 marks]
3. Are minor issues/improvements identified? [25 marks]
4. Would it be easy to make a minor revisions/major revisions/reject decision based on the review? [20 marks]
5. Is the document well-structured and well-presented and is the standard of writing adequate? (N.B.: Non-native speakers of English should not be penalized heavily for language errors unless these are so numerous as to seriously interfere with the intelligibility of the review.) [10 marks]
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